Famous Ukrainian biathlete Vita Semerenko first time in three years came the official start of the race.
The return of the Olympic champion, who in September last year gave birth to a son, Mark, took place at the IBU Cup in otepää (Estonia). Semerenko started with classic mixed relay.
Your stage the citizen of Sumy overcome with a decent result. Using on the shooting range two spare rounds Semerenko passed the baton on
fourth place behind leaders Germany in 9.5 seconds.
In the second stage, Jan Bondar also used two additional rounds, but the speed was able to bring Ukraine into an intermediate first place.
Andrey Dotsenko in the third stage the mixed relay with three additional cartridges moved to the third place. Ukraine before the decisive part of the race was on a par with the teams of Germany and Russia.
Unfortunately, Ruslan Tkalenko at the final stage, could not catch hold of gold. Ukrainian ran to the penalty loop, but the same misfire Russians Streltsov Tkalenko allowed to compete for a medal. This chance Ruslan took advantage, beating Streltsov sprint in the final shot.
Race results:
1. Germany (0+7) 1:14:34.6
2. Norway (1+6) +20.8
3. Ukraine (1+12) +39.9
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